Name: rlT66838 Date: 07/17/97


Although it is possible to get the raw (4-byte)
IP address from an InetAddress object
(getAddress method), there is no direct way of
(== method for) creating an InetAddress object
from a raw IP address.

Aside from symmetry reasons, this is needed when
communicating with non-java applications
that do not use a human-readable protocol.

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